Hi Nick Your site (docep) is fine, it's the main site that is a killer. It is completely un-accessible to say the least.
I understand it hasn't been touched since 2001 - and that would certainly explain it. Regarding that link - that was another of my peeves. The average person isn't going to think of looking under Labor Relations or Work and Conditions for that info (I myself missed that link.) I think Public Holidays isn't even mention in the title of the search result but about 15 words into the description :( I'm not intending to be negative - all I was is dissapointed that the site was so hard to use, almost every page was actually a different sub domain or domain, and looked totally different from the last :( On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:00:25 +0800, Nick Cowie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I went to do a search on public holidays (which I am compiling from > > all Government Websites) and being a proud WA girl, thought our site > > would be the best. > > Visit > http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/lr/LabourRelations/Content/Wages%20and%20Conditions/Public%20Holidays/Public_Holidays.html > for the information. > > > Alas, I was wrong and it's killing me how poor it is in relation to > > standards, accessibility and usability. > > And no this site does not validate, the CMS only likes HTML 4.01 and the code > used for the drop downs is valid XHTML 1.1 transitional but not 4.01 > transitional. It is something we are hoping will be fixed in the next > version of the CMS. > > Another problem is that the content is cut and pasted from MS Word. Many > content contributors, none who know or understand HTML. > > However, that site is accessible and has decent usability. Traffic has > doubled in the last six months since the redesign (no promotion or any other > changes, just redesigned and the information architecture improved). > > > Does anyone on this list work in any dept in WA that could perhaps > > enlighten the powers that be at how bad the site makes WA look > > compared to other government sites? > > Yes. > > See http://www.egov.dpc.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=projects.policy for > the Guidelines for State Government Web Sites. There is a push for standards > based sites from the office of e-government and it is slowly happening, but > very slowly. > > Nick > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Website Designer/Developer www.nataliebuxton.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
